Our Virginia law firm was contacted by a woman from Woodstock whose foot was run over by a truck. The crush injuries were severe and painful. However, when she got to the emergency room, she developed what is known as “compartment syndrome.” Compartment syndrome is the compression of nerves and blood vessels within an enclosed…
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With over 6 million people in the construction trades in the United States, it is a significant sector of our economy, However, construction is also one of the most dangerous kind of work, with over 8,000 workers killed on construction sites each year and many thousands injured and maimed for life. At ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd.,…
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Lawyers who do NOT represent insurance companies and who devote a substantial amount of their time, effort and resources toward helping injured workers and their families met again today in Richmond at the “VTLA Advanced Workers Compensation Retreat.” Doug Landau has remarked, “I always learn about unreported cases, strategies and new ways of helping disabled…
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While Herndon job injury lawyer Doug Landau advises clients that settling comp claims take time and effort, there are still many questions about the settlements of workers compensation cases. The Virginia Code provides (65.2-701) that compromise settlements of workplace accident, occupational disease or job fatality cases, “may be approved only when the Commission…is clearly of…
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Settling a Virginia Workers Compensation case has almost always taken more time than settling a car crash case in the Commonwealth. This is because the Workers Compensation Commission reviews all proposed settlements, whether they involve traumatic brain injury, lifetime disability or a simple broken arm or leg. Now the Federal Government is also insisting on…
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